A study of media literacy for the junior high school students in Taipei and New Taipei City

Autor: HSU,HSIN-YI, 許心怡
Rok vydání: 2013
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 101
The purpose of this study is to investigate the current media literacy ability of junior high school students in Taipei and New Taipei City. Through literature, we discuss the meaning and developing process of media literacy, think the ability of media literacy for junior high school students, and view the previous studies about media literacy for students. A questionnaire filled out by current junior high school students focused on media usage, media literacy ability status, the ability differences of students from different personal background and habits in media literacy, and other related issues. To analyze media literacy ability, a survey data in Taipei and New Taipei City used SPSS 20.0 statistical software. The study indicates as follows: 1. The Internet is the most popular medium, followed by television, and the frequency is higher on weekends. 2. The major motivation for the use is for entertainment, and only half of the students accompanied by their parents. 3. The ability of media literacy of all students located in higher intermediate level and have best performance in message parsing. 4. Junior high school students in Taipei City have better media literacy ability than those who study in New Taipei City. 5. Ninth-grade students have better media literacy ability than the seventh and eighth grades. 6. The students whose family with higher social economic status would have better media literacy, and the higher social economic status is, the better the performance of the media literacy is. 7. The media literacy ability of the students in using the media within 1.5 hours daily is better than those whose in using it over 1.5 hours a day; moreover, the ability of the students who use it in holidays is better than those not use it at all. 8. The media literacy ability is higher when accessing to media accompanied by parents occasionally. 9. The more hours students spend on media literacy, not certainly the better their performance in media literacy is. 10. The better performance in recognition of the media is, the better performance in message parsing is. 11. The better performance in any of recognition of the media, message parsing and media accessing is, the better performance in media literacy is.
Databáze: Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations